Yep, whomever SDCC has handling their ticket sales couldn't handle the amount of traffic On the bright side, it gives me another week to decide if we're going or not. Still, I feel bad for those who committed to buying today

Comic-Con registration will open on Monday, November 22, 2010 at 6:00am Pacific Time. Thank you very much for your patience.

That's a weird starting time and it pretty much leaves me out since I'll be commuting around then (it'll be 7 AM in AZ). I might be able to revise my morning routine a bit, but if I can't get tickets within the first 15 minutes I'll be SOL.

Maybe the toy gods are telling me NOT to go to SDCC this year.

_________________Leave it up to a billionaire to buy the world some time --- Tony Stark

Everybody should go at least one, but it has gotten pretty big this past decade.

I first went in 2002 and had a great time. Only Saturday felt crowded. Then I went every year from 2004-2009 and had a blast! But especially the last couple of years I really noticed how friggin' crowded it had gotten. We're talking wall to wall, brush up against people, crowded. You'd literally have to turn sideways and squeeze your way through a lot of the aisles, especially on Friday and Saturday. It also became pretty hard to see anything in Hall H unless you practically sat out overnight.

While I enjoyed 2009, I didn't feel quite the joy I usually got and I realized that I was becoming a little burned out so I decided to take a year off. Little did I know the Con was about to reach critical mass and I'd be locked out of it!

On the one hand, I'll save well over $1000, but on the other, it's one of the coolest conventions on earth.

_________________Leave it up to a billionaire to buy the world some time --- Tony Stark

I'll definitely echo SH's sentiments and say that everyone should go at least once. My wife and I have a blast every time we've went. What SH felt in 09 I felt this last year. Of course we had our son with us. So trying to push a stroller through the crowd and keeping my spouse calm probable added to the strain that normally isn't there This has been our annual pilgrimage and I highly recommend it as an experience. Even if your spouse isn't into toys or collectibles, there is plenty of other stuff to get their attention.

The supposed "hassles" don't ever bother me because when you go to SDCC you either can deal with the crowds or you can't. For those that say they'll never go to SDCC again there's plenty to take their place.